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Le Pont Neuf, effet de neige (1902)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Pont Neuf, effet de neige (Pont Neuf, Snow Effect, 2nd series) 1902 Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 65.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Between December 1900 and his death Pissarro lodged intermittently at 28 Place Dauphine on…

Le Barrage de François Zola (c.1879)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Le Barrage de François Zola (The François Zola Dam) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 54.2 x 74.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The dam was designed by Italian-born engineer François Zola, the father of novelist Émile Zola. In 1885 this…

Wineglasses (1875)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Wineglasses probably 1875 Oil on canvas, 45 × 37.5 cm National Gallery, London This small painting of a shaded arbour could be set in a cafe or restaurant, but it may be a private garden. Dappled sunlight…

Guarigione del cieco nato (c.1307-1311)

Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Guarigione del cieco nato (The Healing of the Man born Blind) c.1307–1311 Egg tempera on wood, 45.1 × 46.7 cm National Gallery, London This painting comes from the back of the predella of the large, double-sided altarpiece made…

La diligence dans la neige (1860)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La diligence dans la neige (The Diligence in the Snow) 1860 Oil on canvas, 137.2 × 199.1 cm National Gallery, London The high viewpoint in this painting opens up the prospect of the vast distance, heightening its very…